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Aristophanes (c. 448-385 b.c.), the great comic dramatist and poet of Athens. His birth-year is uncertain. He is known to have been about the same age as Eupolis, and is said to have been “almost a boy” when his first comedy (The Banqueters) was brought out in 427 b.c.
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You have all the characteristics of a popular politician: a horrible voice, bad breeding, and a vulgar manner. Go to Quote / Comment
Shall I crack any of those old jokes, master, At which the audience never fail to laugh Go to Quote / Comment
Let each man exercise the art he knows. Go to Quote / Comment
Your lost friends are not dead, but gone before, advanced a stage or two upon that road which you must travel in the steps they trod. Go to Quote / Comment
You have all the characteristics of a popular politician a horrible voice, bad breeding, and a vulgar manner. Go to Quote / Comment